The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-01
FArsM NOTES.

be reared with u very little milk. If
sweet whey Is prOcursd at the creamery
before It goes into the whey t8nk out-
side 1t will do about assWell as milk
after the calf is two weeks old. AS an
addition to the whey one quart of fine
corn meal aud stiie sSsa fn8s Of SchOpped,
wheat, the la.i y y Dts;nl or parcheS
beforehand, we'll bO.ied, ii three gallons
of water ana made into q thin Cruel
by diluting with the sweet whey, makes
y good food for a young calf. One diff
tculty In rearing calves on the artificial
plan .'s not feeding often enough. The
young calf should be fed three or four
times q day, and .if q. small portion OF
the above 2rusl for the first week; and
skim milk for The second week, there
will not be much trouble Farmer
Wilson Malone, Of DoylestoWn town.
ship, rears calves successfully on boiled
wheat, small quantity at a time three
or four times day. When calf is
three or four weeks old 1t will begin to
pick up a alittle nice hay and begin to
eat bran, and two weeks later will take
a portion OF the same feed the COWS
eat. If there is but one calf to rear, a
smaller quantity. Of musl may be made
at once. 1t should bs made fresh every
day. If good sweet whey. cannot be
obtained then hay tea will do to thin
the mush with. This Is made by TAX
I ing peck of cut clover hay of good
quality, placing 1t in a wooden or.
earthen vessel, pour two gallons of
boiling water on it, cover and allow to-
steep or draw from evening until morn
ing, strain and add to the mush. There
is really much less difficulty in rearing
calves than most people suppose,
mainly because the practice Is new to
this generation. It can soon be learned.
MANY farmers either plow under
the weeds, trash ana grass (wild grasses),
or else, when necessary I'd clean mp the
piece Of land, gather the trash together
land put it into the barn yard or in the
/, pig sty from whence 1t is carted out,as
manure, on the land, where the weed
1 and grass seeds get widely scattered
aud have all opportunity to grow I'M
checked. The same is true Of the grass
and weed seeds which scatter out Of
the hay fed to the horses and cattle.
This is thrown back into the manure,
and is carted out Into the land. AS q
very large part OF the work Of the
farmer is in lighting weeds and grass,
it seems to us very foolish to constantly
seed the land down to weeds and grass
and then have the fun ~ Of fighting
them all the season. The best way to
avoid such trouble, in q great measure.
Is to take the trash to some bare or
clayey spot on the farm, and then burn
it. This will not only destroy the seeds
and trash,i and supply the soil, there,
with lot Of valuable ashes;b but will
materially alter the texture OF the soil !,
the heat developed in burning the trash
disintegratiug tho soil. IA.
WOULD it not be we'll for every
farmer, as he lays of his ground for
crops IN the spring, to save q piece for
sorghum as an experiment at least :?
Most farmers who have grown it are
pleased with the results, and the more
there is grown tho greater will be the
advantages given for manufacturing
1t into syrup or sugar, as others will
furnish the machinery and do tho work,
which requires more time, money and
skill than the ordinary farmer can give
to 1t. The amber cane seems to have
the most favor, and the cultivation of
1T Is yearly increasing. Sorghum Is
superior to corn as a fodder plant, as it
contains a large percentage Of sugar,
does not dry and crumble as easily, and
is highly relished by stock. 1t is a val.
liable plant, not only as a source Of
sugar and syrup, but also for its seed :,
the. product OF which is usually large
and makes excellent food for. poultry,
Ror may be ground into, meal and used
with cut feed for other stock.
"A WAITER emp1oyeu in a., New
York restaurant says: "Any house.
keeper can prove the honesty of her
grocer or his butter by melting it,,
Euro butter melted produces a pure,
limpid, golden oil, and it retains tile
butter flavor. Melt olcomargarine ana
the oil smells like tallow and looks
like tallOW and scum rises to the sur
face. Butterlne is mixture OF dairy
butter and fats. Melt that and the
butter will raise to the top. Pour
this of and you will find the fats at tho
bottom, whitish in co.or, and giving
off disagreeabie SMELL"
SWEET corn is a most excellent
green. fodder crop. The ears add
greatly to the value Of the fodder:
hence it is more profitable to plant so
the crop will ear abundantly. One acre
OF sweet corn will feed forty cows for
ten days.
EARLY lambs must be kept growing
to bring fancy prices. They will cat
when they are from ten to fourteen
days old, and there is nothing better
for them than whole oats. Place the
oats i'll shallow trougns where the sheep
do not run.
T .
A VIGOROUS mullen Will produce
100000 seeds. The plant is biennial,
one year q rosette Of woolly leaves,
next year @ rigid flower stalk, which
dies with the rest Of the plant. At any
time before the production of the seeds
single clip with the hoe prevents fur.
ther mischief.
MUCH damage is done to pastures by
letting stock on them too early in the
spring. Not only is the grass injured
by being bitten too closely, but the
treading by The stock when the ground
Is soft, greatly Injuries the grass roots
and they will not recover for a long
time. Stock should never in any case
go on the meadow in spring. 1t is ex-
penslve pasturing.
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